The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-30
CITY NEWS.

Fanny Davenport In Fedora at the
Theater tomorrow night.
MIR. Sol Halle, Of the Oak Hall
Clothing House, has donated thirty.
FIVE caps to the newsboysof Memphis.
The Amateur Athletic Assccla.
ton will give its next entertainment |
February 10th. Athletics will be the
feature. =" ,,a..a..s
Judge E.tes granted Mrs jennie
Dominica divorce from her husband,
Victor Dominica, on the ground Of de.
sertion.
After this day the ladies on
Adams and Poplar streets and Jeffer-
son street extended will receive their
friends on Monday afternoon from 2
to 8 o'clock.
ALI the vavious ticket committees
OF the Charity Ball who have not made
returns are requested go to do at once
to Capt Ed k. Hart, chairman Of Ex-
ecutive Committee.
The alarm OF FIRE from Box 0 at s
o'clock last night was ,aused by the
overturning Of a lamp at the residence
OF Mrs. Mltcbum, NJ. II Adams street.
The damage amounted to alb cut $40
Mr.. Johu r id, the Front row
-four merchant, has donated, through
Mr.. Tracy, fifty sacks of -four to thu
poor of NJ mphi'. Osp', Davis, Chief
OF Police, is alone auth )fizsd TO give
orders for its dis ribuuon.
The following were licensed to
marry yesterday: Louis Jones to
Caro- iue Henderson, Mack Harrison
to Wet ria FIs er, Lee Easel to Sallie
Lamb, Jonas White 10 Sallie White,
]. l.. Sims t, Adde V. Mandenall,
Lee Green to Poly Bobo, John Kast.
ner to Annie Fdeberg, John Rivers to
Jane Ketchum.
She, by Haggard; A RlViil WON.
an; Regimentai Le0eads, by Winter;
A Near RELATION, by Colebridge |; LAP
pincon's Na1asiHs flr. February. and
hundred new novels in the "Twenty-
five Gent Series" to make your selec-
tions from. Mansford's is the place to
go II inAseaLch OF reading matter.
Open until ! o'clock today.
Frank billiard and Rhea Whea-
ton, coloied, got intoxicated last night
and gave vent to their meanness by
abusing billiards wife. They beat
her 30 badly that che is In very crit
ical condition. They afterwards at
tackled another cilored woman and
beat her most brutally. They are
"caged up" until their case can he dis
posed OF. --.
About 1920 o'clock last night an
alarm was turned in from box No. 4,
caused by o fire. In a two story frame
building occupied by colored people.
The lower part was used as grocery
store and the uppsr part as dwell.
ing. The department turned out
promptly and the fire was soon extin.
guished. The damages will amount
to about 500.
The Arkansas lawsuit, known as
the EbiTRton ], fsIsou case, involv-
ing title 10 and in Arkansas, was, for
convenience OF all parties, and by
agreement counsel, to be heard In
Memphis January 18th. 1t was not
heard, however, the plaintiffs declin-
ing TO 90 int1 the he ring, although
Judge Riddick, OF Arksn sas, was pres
emit. Very able counsel is engaged 10
the case.
As Mr.. w. j. Lastranze, an EN-.
ploye Of Messrs. Schoolfie d, Hauausr
x Co., was gong along Second street
near Washing on street last night he
was confronted by three negroes. One
OF them pointed pistol at him and
told him 10 hold up his hands. Then
the other two r q d his pockets and
relieved him of $l5. He Gays le can
recognise two OF them. 10 the mesn.
time the police are on the lookout for
them.
Mrs. N. V. Thompson and her
opera clsss sill give an Eng fish renoi-
ton OF the opsre {, tf Cinderella ut
the Skating R,hk, CORE r Of Jefferson
and Four b treets, on next Thursday
and Friday nights, February Sd sno
All. M.tinee Saturday at 2 o'clock
pm. Precesds Tor benefit OF st.